American Jack the Ripper - True Crime Conference, Baltimore, April 7-8, 2018

[Pcdunn]

Chris, re the marker of the inventor of the Ouija Board-- turns out the largest collection of "talking boards" is out here in a Denver home, AND the woman who named the Ouija Board is buried in Colorado.

http://www.9news.com/mobile/article/news/local/next/the-worlds-foremost-collector-of-ouija-boards-lives-in-colorado/486418715

[GUT]

Jarvis Benson on the RipperCon Facebook page came up with the correct answer. The event is usually known as the Siege of Sidney Street.

Still need an answer to this one:

What is the connection between the War of 1812 between Britain and the U.S. and the Jack the Ripper case? I wrote about it some years ago for Ripperologist magazine. Think water, think letters, knock twice and pray to Jesus. Good luck.

You could win a nice War of 1812 something. Stay tuned.

Those who have previously won loot from RipperCon not allowed to enter.

Sidney - Sydney easy peasy.

[ChrisGeorge]

People who are on the RipperCon bus tour scheduled for 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on Monday, April 9 will visit the grave of the man who patented the Ouija Board.



Grave of Elijah Jefferson Bond, Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore

For information on RipperCon go to www.RipperCon.com. We will have two full days of talks on Jack the Ripper and True Crime by expert speakers plus two days of tours and surprises. Don't miss out on the only North American Jack the Ripper conference in the 130th Anniversary year of the Whitechapel Murders!

[ChrisGeorge]

Jarvis Benson on the RipperCon Facebook page came up with the correct answer. The event is usually known as the Siege of Sidney Street.

Still need an answer to this one:

What is the connection between the War of 1812 between Britain and the U.S. and the Jack the Ripper case? I wrote about it some years ago for Ripperologist magazine. Think water, think letters, knock twice and pray to Jesus. Good luck.

You could win a nice War of 1812 something. Stay tuned.

Those who have previously won loot from RipperCon not allowed to enter.

[ChrisGeorge]

Battle of Stepney, easy for Aussies.

You know your thinking is upside down, GUT. Surely it was the Battle of the East End?

[GUT]

Jackie Murphy on Facebook correctly replied to trivia question no. 1 that the Aussie Ripper mag was Ripperoo.

Swag going to her imminently. Meanwhile another poser for y'all:

"The Battle of Stepney" is usually known by another name. What is it?

First to get the answer wins this antique postcard mailed in 1911 plus another vintage card of my choosing.

Previous winners of RipperCon swag not eligible.

Battle of Stepney, easy for Aussies.

[ChrisGeorge]

Thanks, drstrange.

Reminder, folks, we have two trivia questions that need answering and you too can win swag from RipperCon. Previous winners not eligible.

1. Name the short-lived (I believe) Australian magazine on the Whitechapel murders edited by the late Julian Rosenfeld and a copy of the inaugural issue of this Down Under mag will shortly be winging its way to you. Australians are exempted from entering. Take that, Cobber.

Here's a clue for you all: It isn't a dump from a kangaroo.

2. What is the connection between the War of 1812 between Britain and the U.S. and the Jack the Ripper case? I wrote about it some years ago for Ripperologist magazine. Think water, think letters, knock twice and pray to Jesus. Good luck.

You could win a nice War of 1812 something. Stay tuned.

P.S. drstrange aka Dusty Miller, send me your snail mail address and I will send you the copy of I'm All Right, Jack by Alan Hackney.

Jackie Murphy on Facebook correctly replied to trivia question no. 1 that the Aussie Ripper mag was Ripperoo.

Swag going to her imminently. Meanwhile another poser for y'all:

"The Battle of Stepney" is usually known by another name. What is it?

First to get the answer wins this antique postcard mailed in 1911 plus another vintage card of my choosing.

Previous winners of RipperCon swag not eligible.

[GUT]

The Aussie one I know.

[ChrisGeorge]

As I've got every issue, even have an article in one, I'll let someone else guess this one.

Thanks, drstrange.

Reminder, folks, we have two trivia questions that need answering and you too can win swag from RipperCon. Previous winners not eligible.

1. Name the short-lived (I believe) Australian magazine on the Whitechapel murders edited by the late Julian Rosenfeld and a copy of the inaugural issue of this Down Under mag will shortly be winging its way to you. Australians are exempted from entering. Take that, Cobber.

Here's a clue for you all: It isn't a dump from a kangaroo.

2. What is the connection between the War of 1812 between Britain and the U.S. and the Jack the Ripper case? I wrote about it some years ago for Ripperologist magazine. Think water, think letters, knock twice and pray to Jesus. Good luck.

You could win a nice War of 1812 something. Stay tuned.

P.S. drstrange aka Dusty Miller, send me your snail mail address and I will send you the copy of I'm All Right, Jack by Alan Hackney.

[drstrange169]

As I've got every issue, even have an article in one, I'll let someone else guess this one.

[ChrisGeorge]

What is the connection between the War of 1812 between Britain and the U.S. and the Jack the Ripper case? I wrote about it some years ago for Ripperologist magazine. Think water, think letters, knock twice and pray to Jesus. Good luck.

You could win a nice War of 1812 something. Stay tuned.

Reminder: If you have already won loot from RipperCon you can't enter. Sorry, Charlie.

[ChrisGeorge]

Name the short-lived (I believe) Australian magazine on the Whitechapel murders edited by the late Julian Rosenfeld and a copy of the inaugural issue of this Down Under mag will shortly be winging its way to you. Australians are exempted from entering. Take that, Cobber.

Here's a clue for you all: It isn't a dump from a kangeroo.

[ChrisGeorge]

Due to ill health, Robert Anderson unfortunately has had to back out as a speaker at our April event.

We have determined that Monday, April 9 will be the day for the all-day bus tour of Baltimore to visit, among other places, Westminster Cemetery with Edgar Allan Poe's grave and Green Mount Cemetery with John Wilkes Booth's family grave, Fort McHenry, Tumblety's lodging house on Liberty Street, and the Maryland Medical Examiners Office, and include an on-your-own lunch, probably at the Rusty Scupper Restaurant overlooking Baltimore's famed Inner Harbor.

The Friday evening reception, free to all registrants, will be held at the Lord Baltimore Hotel. We will feature entertainment and a speaker or two.

More speakers to be announced soon. See updated information at www.RipperCon.com. Book soon for the only North American conference on the Jack the Ripper murders in the 130th Anniversary year of the Whitechapel murders. Only 50 places available!

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Baltimore Inner Harbor by Bill.Photography on Flickr

[ChrisGeorge]

RipperCon 2018 Speaker Announcement!


Carla E. Anderton

"There's Something About Mary: Whitechapel's Darkest Night, November 9, 1888"



Carla E. Anderton has long been fascinated by history and the human condition, particularly English history in the Tudor and Victorian eras. A speaker at the 2011 conference at Drexel University on “Jack the Ripper Through A Wider Lens,” Anderton made the elusive killer the focus of her debut novel, The Heart Absent (New Libri Press, 2013).

Anderton has a Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University and a Bachelor of Arts in English from California University of Pennsylvania. In addition to writing historical fiction, Anderton has published poetry, essays, articles, and plays, and has an extensive background in small press journalism.

Currently, Anderton is the Editor-in-Chief of Pennsylvania Bridges, a regional print and online magazine, and an adjunct professor of English and public speaking at Westmoreland County Community College. She lives in California, PA, with her husband, Eric, and two cats, River and Rozey.


For more information about RipperCon 2018 in Baltimore April 7-8 go to www.RipperCon.com. Only 50 places available! Don't miss out on the only North American conference on Jack the Ripper and True Crime in the 130th anniversary year of the Whitechapel Murders.

[ChrisGeorge]

The hotel looks nice and a darn good price too. I’d expect to pay $350 plus here

Hi GUT

Thanks Gut. Lee Johnson, the sales representative for the Lord Baltimore Hotel approached me some months ago, having heard that RipperCon would be held in Baltimore in April, to suggest that they would be interested in hosting RipperCon. They will also cater the reception we are planning for Friday night. We are planning an all-day bus tour of the city on Monday where we will hit most of the sites we did on last year's tour including the lodging house where Tumblety lived here in 1900-1901 which happens to be only a half mile or so from the hotel, Edgar Allan Poe's grave and house, and the state medical examiners office (where the "Nutshell Studies" are on display) but making it a more extensive tour taking in such sites as Fort McHenry and Green Mount Cemetery where John Wilkes Booth is buried. We will be taking the group to an Inner Harbor restaurant, hopefully the Rusty Scupper, overlooking the harbor, for an on-your-own lunch.

Cheers

Chris



Booth Family Grave, Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, by Kenneth Watson





John Wilkes Booth burial documents courtesy Tudor Hall and Bill Emmerich